I know this isn't easy but did you ever thought about ranking all Yakuza Games that you played? I did some time ago and came up with following result:

I ranked them based on some points as visible in the picture (Maybe you should enlarge it to see something :D). I think it's self explaining except some points. Yakuza 3 is the western version where many things have been cut. I didn't included the Spin Offs Dead Souls and Ishin even so I played them because especially Dead Souls would stand no Chance against the mainline Games. Of Course this is my personal opinion and yours might be totally different. It's your turn, Share your Ranking in this thread if you like to.

I think it would easily get them but since there's the language barrier I couldn't fully understand all their motives and ambitions. If Kiwami 2 ever gets localized it could claim the throne for my personal best Yakuza Game.

That's close to mine. Maybe my perspective isn't perfect I only played through every game once since I only know about the series 1 year. My 1 year anniversary with the series will be on 03.03.2018 :D Nintendo Switch Release Date.

That's close to mine. Maybe my perspective isn't perfect I only played through every game once since I only know about the series 1 year. My 1 year anniversary with the series will be on 03.03.2018 :D Nintendo Switch Release Date.